Court orders Nigeria to pay $288mn to 1967 war victims

Africa

Tuesday 31 October 2017 - 1:27am

Picture showing a Biafran demonstration on July 1968 The Nigeria Civil War, aka the Biafran War,(6 July 1967 -15 January 1970) was a war fought to counter the secession of Biafra from Nigeria.
Photo: PRESSENS BILD / AFP

The ruling calls on the government to pay 50 billion naira directly to war victims in 11 states and put 38 billion naira toward de-mining and the construction of schools, courts, churches and mosques in the affected areas.